They used to be very strict with first names here but it looks like that's no longer the case.

Although, it depended on community to community.
When my father went to the city council to register our birth, the plan was to name me "Els", which is a fairly common first name here (no longer in fashion, though).

Reply: "Els is the name of a tree. It has to be Elisabeth"
Since my last name is a long one, my dad opted for a slightly shorter first name.

The most creative and daft first names given in Flanders to babies born in 2013

Girls

1. Alles ("Alles" is Dutch for "Everything")

Good it's not the French "Allez".
Our personal name law here forbids to give the name of a historical person like 'Abraham Lincoln' or general words like 'Genius' AFAIK, or use the numbers and signs in a name. Doesn't mean we don't have names given if the law doesn't clearly forbid them.

01-15-2014 12:33 PM

Castafiore

Re: Rafachat - Vol. 80: Another great year for our great champion! :D

It's good that it has some use then.

01-15-2014 12:13 PM

Xoil

Re: Rafachat - Vol. 80: Another great year for our great champion! :D

Still the true connoisseurs still greatly enjoy its poetic aspects

01-15-2014 12:07 PM

Castafiore

Re: Rafachat - Vol. 80: Another great year for our great champion! :D

Key words of that sentence being "long ago".

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